Last Updated: October 30, 2025
ISSUE
The reading pane settings are not saved in Legacy Outlook for Mac. Setting the reading pane to one side or hiding the reading pane resets after you restart Outlook. This issue occurs after updating to Outlook to 16.102.2 (25102623) Current, and 16.104 (25102631) Beta.
STATUS: INVESTIGATING
The Outlook Team is investigating this issue. We will update this topic as soon as we have more information.
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